Iranian Rights Advocates Co-sponsor Cartoon Contest

An international cartoon competition has been launched to highlight discrimination against women and promote gender equality with the theme The Presence of Women in Public Spaces, sponsored by the prestigious École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (ehess).

The event is in collaboration with “Close Up on Iranian Women,” an independent group of feminists, rights activists and journalists “involved in ﬁghting gender-discrimination under all its guises.”

The deadline for the submission of original work is September 15, 2015.

Complete information on submitting artwork and a list of the competition’s awards available in French and English here.